RAFALOVITCH (Sergei). Speculum animae. St.... - Lot 797 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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RAFALOVITCH (Sergei). Speculum animae. St.... - Lot 797 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
RAFALOVITCH (Sergei). Speculum animae. St. Petersburg, Shipovik, 1911, 8°, 98 p., br., cover illustrated by Chekhonin (cover restored, false back). Text exclusively in Russian. First edition ornamented by V. Chembers and illustrated with 15 colour plates, 7 of which are pasted on after Sergei Sudeikin, Boris Anisfeld, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Aleksandr Yakovlev and S. Chekhonin. Rare first edition of an exceptional collection of Russian poetry illustrated by the members of the Mir Iskusstva [Art World] group. All participants (including the poet) contributed to the prominent art magazine "Apollo". The haunting, sometimes macabre illustrations make this one of the outstanding illustrated volumes of the Silver Age.
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